June 2nd 2002 (2:30pm)                          Ibaraki, Ibaraki Kashima Stadium

     ARGENTINA - NIGERIA             1-0 (0-0)

      Goal              62'42   1-0   Gabriel Batistuta (assist - Juan Veron)


      Referee           Gilles Veissiere (France) 7,5
      Linesmen          Frederic Arnault (France)
                        Heiner Müller (Germany)
      4th official      Markus Merk (Germany)

      Yellow cards      50'52   Walter Samuel (foul on Julius Aghahowa)
                        72'56   Efe Sodje (foul on Diego Placente)
                        89'22   Diego Simeone (foul on Justice Christopher)

      Attendance        34,050

      Playtime          First half     47'00
                        Second half    47'04
                        Total          94'04

      Quality           7
      Intensity         7
      Excitement        7



      ARGENTINA (formation 3-4-3)         CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Pablo Cavallero                  Celta Vigo                28      9   5,5
       4 Mauricio Pochettino              Paris St Germain          30     17   6  
       6 Walter Samuel                    AS Roma                   24     31   7  
      13 Diego Placente                   Bayer Leverkusen          24      7   6,5
       8 Javier Zanetti                   Internazionale            28     67   6,5
      10 Ariel Ortega                     River Plate               28     82   5,5
      14 Diego Simeone (2nd c)            Lazio                     32    105   5,5
      11 Juan Veron (c)            (-78)  Manchester United         27     48   7,5
       3 Juan Pablo Sorin                 Cruzeiro                  26     36   6,5
       9 Gabriel Batistuta         (-81)  AS Roma                   33     76   6,5
       7 Claudio Lopez             (-HT)  Lazio                     27     48   5  

      Substitutes
      18 Christian Kily Gonzalez   (+HT)  Valencia                  27     31   6,5
      16 Pablo Aimar               (+78)  Valencia                  22     19   -  
      19 Hernan Crespo             (+81)  Lazio                     26     34   -  

      Coach: Marcelo Bielsa                                            Average  6,21



      NIGERIA (formation 4-4-2)           CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Ike Shoronmu                     Luzern                    34     33   6,5
      16 Efe Sodje                 (-73)  Crewe Alexandra           29      7   6  
       6 Taribo West                      Kaiserslautern            28     38   6,5
       5 Isaac Okoronkwo                  Schachtor Donetzk         24     13   6  
       3 Celestine Babayaro               Chelsea                   23     25   6  
      10 Augustine Okocha (c)             Paris St Germain          28     56   7  
       2 Joseph Yobo                      Olympique Marseille       21     15   6,5
       4 Nwankwo Kanu              (-48)  Arsenal                   25     36   5  
      11 Garba Lawal                      Roda JC                   28     33   6  
      17 Julius Aghahowa                  Schachtor Donetzk         19     17   6  
       9 Bartholomew Ogbeche              Paris St Germain          17      4   6,5

      Substitutes
       7 Pius Ikedia               (+48)  Ajax                      21      9   6,5
      15 Justice Christopher       (+73)  FC Antwerp                20      8   -  

      Coach: Adegboyu Festus Onigbinde                                 Average  6,21



* Numbers in blue are points set by us after
  performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).